In last week's Hacker Challenge, we asked you to share your best travel hack. We received some great entries, but the winning hack shows us that wearing a jacket with zippered pockets is the easiest way to get through security quickly.

Check out the description of the winning entry below and read about some of our other favorite entries.

Winner: Wear Zippered Pockets to Get Through Security in a Flash

Matthew always wears a jacket with zippered pockets when he flies, regardless of the weather. As he approaches the security checkpoint, he puts everything—keys, wallet, phone, jewelry, and so on—into the pockets and zips them up. When he gets to the checkpoint, he's all ready to go. And at the other end, all he has to do is grab his jacket, notebook, and shoes, and he's off to meet his plane. Check out our checklist for breezing through security for more speedy airport tricks, while you're at it.

Honorable Mentions

We got a lot of great entries and we'd be remiss if we didn't share some of our favorites. Here are some of the entries that really impressed us.

Carry Mentos on Every Flight

Reader BusBozo suggests carrying Mentos with you on your flights. They work just like chewing gum to help unclog your ears due to pressure changes, but you don't have a wad of gum to dispose of afterward. And if there are children around complaining about their ears, you can be a hero and help them out, too. Just make sure to check with parents before offering any candy to children! You could also substitute your favorite chewy candy if you're not a Mentos fan. Starburst, anyone?

Put a Copy of Your Boarding Pass in Your Luggage

If there's one thing all travelers can agree on, it's that losing your luggage is a real hassle. BusBozo (providing us with his second tip this week) suggests that you make an extra copy of your boarding pass and place it on top of your clothes in your suitcase, so that it's the first thing anyone who opens your bag sees. If you get separated from your luggage, it's one extra way for the airline to know where the bag was supposed to go. And if you spot your bag in the lost and found, it's another way for you to prove the bag is yours.

Carry an RF Adapter to Connect Your Laptop to Old Hotel TVs

Most travelers take along a laptop, tablet, or smartphone loaded up with some way to watch movies. When you're in a hotel room, it's great to be able to connect those devices to the TV in your room and watch on a bigger screen. It sure beats paying hotel movie rental prices! But what if you're staying in a hotel with an older TV that doesn't provide modern inputs for your device? Reader Michael suggest carrying around an RF to Composite adapter with you. It's a very small, inexpensive device that lets you connect composite cables (the video and audio cables with RCA plugs) to the cable or antenna jack on the back of older TVs.